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Benteke leaving has been in the pipeline since he started doing well for us, a couple of seasons now. I doubt he'll be at Villa next season whether we stay up or not. If he scores so many we stay up he deserves a big move and hopefully the fee gets reinvested into half decent players.
t Quhet said:
Gosh, that was a game wasn't it?
My first visit to Villa Park this year. Benteke was on fire in the first half & Villa should have been at least 3 goals up before half time. Richardson was bloody awful & we'll need to tighten up. We SHOULD stay up but it'll be tight
I saw on Twitter last night "Player ratings coming up shortly, if you're a member of the Richardson family probably best to unfollow now." My first visit to Villa Park this year. Benteke was on fire in the first half & Villa should have been at least 3 goals up before half time. Richardson was bloody awful & we'll need to tighten up. We SHOULD stay up but it'll be tight
Kaj91 said:
Black can man said:
Black can man said:
I think Sherwood will do an excellent job at the Villa, I know a lot of spurs fans will say i'm talking rubbish, but there is little doubt that Kane, Benteleb & Mason whom are first choice regulars for us would probably have been nowhere near the starting XI if it hadn't been for him.
He says what he thinks & seems an honest kind of chap & i think he will get lots more out of the players than you're last chap.
I hope he does well.
He says what he thinks & seems an honest kind of chap & i think he will get lots more out of the players than you're last chap.
I hope he does well.
Before the game, I really thought we'd have to get lucky to win today. Every player for Villa put in an incredible performance. Grealish looked an established member of the team, not a teenager. Cleverley was brilliant, winning it in midfield consistently and putting in the hard graft effectively.
Man of the match, captain Delph was amazing. I think his signing a contract extension earlier this season was a massive catalyst for our turn around in form and fortune. Our most prized asset for sure now. I do think Benteke will leave in the summer, but he's served us well and credit to him and Sherwood for the turnaround lately, he's earned a move to a club fighting higher up than we currently are.
Man of the match, captain Delph was amazing. I think his signing a contract extension earlier this season was a massive catalyst for our turn around in form and fortune. Our most prized asset for sure now. I do think Benteke will leave in the summer, but he's served us well and credit to him and Sherwood for the turnaround lately, he's earned a move to a club fighting higher up than we currently are.
I posted this in the Lounge at half-time, happy indeed 
TheChampers said:
It's half time in the FA cup semi-final. The last semi-final the Villa won was on the day of Princess Senior's christening in 2000. The party was "at home", so I rigged up a portable crt telly in the garage so that the menfolk could discreetly retreat at polite intervals to catch up on proceedings, one or two at a time, so I thought.
It went to a penalty shootout; there must have been 30 plus males in the garage
Delph, Benteke, Grealish (what a talent he could be) and Vlaar and Given faultless; thanks chaps It went to a penalty shootout; there must have been 30 plus males in the garage
A fine victory, I got the impresssion that Liverpool players thought that just turning up and winning would be a mere formality. I had a cheeky tenner on Villa at 5/1 at kick off too, paid for my afternoon in the pub!
I don't honestly think we can be Arsenal, but who knows, "the romance of The FA Cup(tm)" and all that.
Kudos to Sherwood for taking a team that looked scared into one that looks like it wants to win in such a short space of time.
I don't honestly think we can be Arsenal, but who knows, "the romance of The FA Cup(tm)" and all that.
Kudos to Sherwood for taking a team that looked scared into one that looks like it wants to win in such a short space of time.
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